asseverate
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Why merely say something, when they can declare, assert, expostulate, announce, or asseverate it?
From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner
—At this, the Boy suffered some Confusion, then to asseverate, My Tutor is deceased, Sir.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
When we will prove nothing by deeds, then we make speeches, and when we are disobedient in act, then we asseverate with words of love and reverence.
From The Youth of the Great Elector by Mühlbach, L. (Luise)
I ain't afeard av the ball," he hastened to asseverate; "it's the kick av it that murthers me.
From Overland by De Forest, J. W. (John William)
The phrase "to bear in hand" for "to asseverate," was still frequently used in the reign of Charles II.
From The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition by Pope, Alexander
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